The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed this week to add the Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee to the federal list, which would ...

Bumblebees host many different parasites whose larvae grow inside their living bodies. They most commonly host flies, starting when an adult fly attaches to a bee midflight and inserts her egg, which ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service said the Suckley’s cuckoo bumblebee has not been observed in the U.S. since 2016.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking for public input on a new rule to list the Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee as ...

As the weather heats up bee and wasp queens emerge from hibernation in search of a place to start their nests.

Bumble bees and yellowjacket wasps typically ... Like butterflies, wasps and bees start life as helpless larvae. Wasp and bee larvae are essentially big stomachs with a mouth.

It was engineered to prevent fatalities from American foulbrood disease, a bacterial condition known to weaken colonies by attacking bee larvae. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved a ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is opening a 60-day public comment period on a proposed rule to list Suckley’s cuckoo ...

AFB is caused by bacteria that infect young bee larvae, which then spreads through the hive leading to the death of the colony. John Canning, from the Cleveland Beekeepers Association, said once ...